[kdenlive] [GSOC] Porting to Windows, need help with projetc details

[Mario Fux]

Am Sonntag, 22. März 2015, 18.08:28 schrieb Klemen Ferjančič:

Morning Klemen

> I've already been warned about the KF version situation. If I understand
> correctly, Kdenlive is currently on KF4 but is in the process of being
> ported to KF5? I guess it could be problematic if KF5 branch is not in
> stable enough state for me.
> Can someone explain me what is the current situation with Kdenlive and KF?

A KF5 based version of Kdenlive will be released as part of KDE Applications 
15.04 and thus in April and thus soon ;-). (damn, reminder to myself, should 
start on release notes for 15.04 ;-).

In general KDE Frameworks 5 (KF5) or most of it should work on Windows too 
(they're after all Qt Addons). And there is even work going on to extend our 
KDE CI build infrastructure to Mac OSX and Windows. As I read tonight MacOSX 
should already work.

> Are there any other dependencies which I should be worried about?

This is a question that Vincent and jb could answer.

Btw guys, what about a Kdenlive IRC meeting for all the GSoC interested 
students?

> And perhaps a third question, is it possible to specify GSOC goals as
> "optional", meaning I would do them if there is some time left? The CI
> and packaging steps are really just something that would be very useful
> to do but it's not crucial to the porting. At this point I can't know
> how complicated the Windows build will turn out to be so my proposal
> could either be OK or too ambitious.

Yes, optional goals might make sense. And here a link that might interest you:
http://teom.org/blog/kde/how-to-write-a-kick-ass-proposal-for-google-summer-
of-code/

griits
Mario

> Dne 22.3.2015 ob 16:31 je Steve Guilford zapisal(a):
> > That's ambitious !!!
> > 
> > Bear in mind that you'll be working w/ a KF5 version of the code by that
> > time most likely.
> > 
> > I wouldn't know what to put in the proposal as far as details - never
> > written one for GSOC.
> > 
> > As far as dependencies, there's only so much research you can do until
> > you get to step 2 in your process.  I would have to figure that there's
> > already some write-ups on the process of converting Qt/KF5 - or at least
> > details on converting older Qt/KDE4 apps.
> > 
> > I don't know if there's a specific 'test suite' for Kdenlive.  That
> > might be useful.  I think most of the issues borne out in testing will
> > be confined to the intersection of Windows and Qt/KF5 and the
> > idiosyncrasies of Windows in general.
> > 
> > In summary, an appropriate way forward is to search the Net for
> > instances of others that have converted Linux/Qt/KDE based apps and see
> > what they have to say.
> > 
> > On 03/21/2015 05:06 PM, Klemen Ferjančič wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> 
> >> I am applying to GSOC project to port Kdenlive to Windows. I have
> >> already written a general proposal and have a good idea in my mind on
> >> how to do it but I need to flesh it out further in more details.
> >> 
> >> My approach to the problem would be the following:
> >> 
> >> 1. Solve all CMake dependencies and generate a working Visual Studio
> >> solution
> >> 
> >> 2. Build Kdenlive, solving any compiler or linker errors along the way
> >> 
> >> 3. Test all the basic functionality of the program to find any bugs or
> >> regressions which do not appear in existing Linux builds
> >> 
> >> 4. Add a Windows target to Jenkins CI environment, either on existing
> >> KDE infrastructure or using an external CI service
> >> 
> >> 5. Create an installer for easier distribution to Windows users
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I need to know what kind of details I should tell about in my
> >> proposal. Should I research all the dependencies which need to be
> >> solved? Specify exactly which tests I will carry out after successful
> >> build? It is impossible to know what kind of problems could appear at
> >> compiling and linking so I'm not sure what to write on that. I am also
> >> not sure what exactly I should explain in regard to CI and installer
> >> since that's pretty much standardized stuff.
> >> 
> >> Please navigate me in the right direction. All the feedback is greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >> 
> >> Best regards, Klemen
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